Chicagoan
Americannoun
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A person from Naperville can call himself a Chicagoan without any question.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Dec. 28, 2025
What we will hear more of this trip is a pope speaking in a Chicagoan accent.
From BBC ● Nov. 26, 2025
Since he’s a native Chicagoan, there were the obligatory yuks about deep dish communion and Malört.
From Salon ● May 10, 2025
The Second City-trained Chicagoan is up for his first Emmy, though, as the straightest shooter in the wackazoid cast of “Fargo’s” fifth season: North Dakota state trooper Witt Farr.
From Los Angeles Times ● Aug. 20, 2024
I knew Dick, a Chicagoan, was wise in the ways of the streets, and blunt-spoken.
From "The Autobiography of Malcolm X" by Alex Malcolm X;Hailey
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